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New Identity Network Score & Identity Risk Score Model

New Identity Network and Identity Risk Score Models are available for adoption through our identity verification APIs and the Pro Insight SaaS review tool. Ekata made some big improvements to our Identity Network Score, and because that is one of the top performing signals within our holistic Identity Risk Score, it led to us releasing […]

7.21.2021

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Fraudsters Are Overtaking Your Verification Methods

Many websites depend on one-time password (OTP) verification to fight fraud and ensure contactability in their account sign-up workflows. More sophisticated platforms may use static metadata about phones, such as line type, to block bad actors. Fraudsters have found new ways to acquire more standard phone numbers where static information looks like a real phone […]

7.13.2021

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Using Machine Learning for Rule Building

Many of our customers use rules in their fraud workflows to identify good and bad actors. These rules, which are combinations of conditional statements that operate as data filters, can be very effective, but formulating “the right rule” can be difficult. That’s where the Ekata Field Data Science (FDS) team comes in to help customers […]

7.1.2021

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Fraud in the Buy Now Pay Later Industry

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) is not a new idea, but with the boom in e-commerce during the Covid-19 pandemic, BNPL has exploded onto the payments scene as a major industry. The idea is essentially a simplification of the credit process by providing ‘instant credit’ at the point of sale. This means that when the […]

6.24.2021

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Digital Account Opening is Where the Competition Starts

Original authors are Trenton Spratling, Global Account Director at Ekata, and Wendy Hokanson, Global Head of the Financial Services Market Segment at Ekata Looking back in the last year, there were definitely a lot of changes that were attributed to the pandemic. Yes, the pandemic may have accelerated certain industries and certain behaviors but that […]

6.17.2021

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What are Field Data Scientists?

Ekata’s team of field data scientists (FDS) helps customers return the best possible value from our solutions. Customers meet a member of the FDS team at multiple points during the sales cycle and that relationship continues throughout their account lifecycle at Ekata. So who are we? We’re a globally distributed team with people in Seattle, […]

6.15.2021

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Mastercard successfully completes acquisition of Ekata

June 9, 2021 – Ekata, Inc., a global leader in dynamic identity verification solutions for real-time risk decisioning, has successfully been acquired by Mastercard. Together, Ekata and Mastercard will provide frictionless experiences while ensuring customer privacy, control, and security. Propelled by the pandemic and a shift to remote work, more consumers and merchants are transacting […]

6.9.2021

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New Updates to the Ekata Deep Link Builder

We’re very excited to share some new and exciting updates to our Pro Insight Deep Link Builder! Deep Link Builder allows Pro Insight customers to perform Identity Review and Merchant Review queries with zero development effort. Deep Link Builder allows for simple mapping to most eCommerce, order-management, or fraud systems to expedite manual reviews. The […]

6.3.2021

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The Top 5 Fraud Indicators for Shipping Addresses

Determining the validity of an address, especially in e-commerce, is necessary for shipping goods or authorizing a purchase, as well as detecting fraud. Larger and more sophisticated merchants with historical data assess risk based on address characteristics and past outcomes. For example, postcodes with historically high fraud rates may be flagged for further review or […]

5.26.2021